Vacancy NameBuyer - Various CategoriesVacancy NoVN304Job TypePermanentLocationHatfieldJob Details
We’re Ocado Retail. We’re the people powering Ocado.com, the UK’s fastest-growing grocer, and Zoom by Ocado, our almost-as-fast-growing, same-day grocery service. As the world’s biggest and best online-only grocer, we work tirelessly to bring more of what matters to our customers: unbeatable range, fair value, and effortless convenience.
We’re an exceptional and mighty bunch of colleagues who are inspired by our three awesome values: Always be curious, Bring our best selves, and Challenge what's possible .
We have ambitious plans and vision to never-stop making our customers' lives better, by delivering the supermarket of tomorrow, today.
Buying at Ocado Retail
The Buying Team is responsible for putting the customer at the heart of everything we do, truly living and breathing what our customers want to see when they shop with us! Our team of Buyers curates their ranges to deliver the unique customer experience gleaned from the largest range in the industry. They analyse consumer buying patterns, predict future trends, and work alongside our suppliers to maximise our offering to our customers. All of this is coupled with regularly reviewing performance indicators and profitability to manage the performance of their categories. No day is the same as our Buyers continually work to ensure we offer the right products, at the right time in the right place!
We're looking for Buyers across various categories. As a buyer you will be responsible for ensuring your supply base and the product range is optimised, proactively using data and analysis to maximize performance to and drive sales, profitability, and share growth to support the overall Ocado Retail strategy and goals.
What you'll do
1. Manage supplier performance, identifying potential new suppliers, and support to build long term supplier relationships
2. Use insight tools to analyse and understand performance issues and opportunities
3. Conduct regular competitor website visits and reviewing customer insight and food trends, helping shape our future product and range requirements for our customers
4. Source customer/market insight-led ranges and product innovation
5. Negotiate with suppliers to agree and deliver, market-leading joint business plans for your areas aligned to the customer plan & category strategy
6. Negotiate on supplier-funded media and delivering against the target
7. Plan and deliver trade, promotions & events plans, striving to exceed KPIs, drive customer penetration and basket spend
8. Work with the Supply Chain team to ensure we have best-in-class availability, and helping get our products to our customers on time
9. Work with suppliers and the category quality team to ensure product quality is achieved and maintained
10. Adhere to all Ocado policies, storage, and handover protocols and successfully completing all of your training so that you have zero GSCOP breaches. Ensuring all agreements are recorded in writing, reporting GSCOP complaints to Legal within 48 hours of receipt
11. Follow our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence
Who you are
12. At least 2 years experience as a Buyer
13. FMCG buying experience is desirable
14. Strong negotiation skills
15. Good commercial acumen
16. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
17. Strong planning and organisational skills
18. Communicate and influence a wide range of audiences
19. A great team player
20. Results orientated
21. Demonstrates Ocado Retail’s values
What We Offer You
At Ocado, we value our employees and offer flexible/hybrid working, as well as being rewarded for your contribution through our fantastic benefits.
Core Rewards
22. Annual bonus scheme - maximum opportunity dependent on the role
23. 26 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays
24. Up to 7% matched pension contributions (e.g. 7% from you, 7% from us)
25. 50% income protection
26. 4x salary life insurance
27. 15% Ocado.com discount
28. 20% Marks and Spencer discount
29. Company-paid private medical insurance for colleagues with the opportunity to add partners/children at corporate rates and Digital GP service
30. Hybrid Working (2-3 days a week connecting, collaborating, and learning together without colleagues)
Health & Wellbeing
31. Private Medical Insurance
32. Critical Illness
33. DigiCare+
34. Healthcare Cashplan
35. Health Assessment
36. Dental Insurance
37. Eyecare Vouchers
38. Digital GP
39. Mental Health
Flexible Benefits
40. Tax-efficient electric vehicle leasing scheme
41. Access to a retail discount platform, providing discounts and cashback
On-site at Apollo
42. Free onsite parking and free shuttle service from Hatfield station
43. Regular socials, including Town Halls and Mixers & our ORL Summer Party
44. ‘The Fig’ (serving breakfast, snacks, and lunch), coffee cart, as well as small kitchens (with unlimited refreshments and fresh fruit available every day) and vending machines on each floor.
45. As part of our inclusive nature, help make change within the business and join any of our Networks
Travel to Apollo
We have free onsite parking at Apollo Court, as well as a free shuttle bus service that runs frequently from Hatfield Station - just remember to tell the driver ‘Apollo Court’ as the shuttle also drops at Ocado Groups Head Office!
Driving: Apollo Court, 2 Bishop Square, Hatfield Business Park, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9NE
Train : Hatfield station is accessible from mainline routes from London Kings Cross, London St Pancras, or Moorgate.
A little bit more about us
Our business is a joint venture between Ocado Group and M&S. It’s a successful combination of award-winning customer service and unrivaled customer data; world-leading technology and logistics from Ocado Group, and unrivaled product development from M&S.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Ocado Retail Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employers are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation and marital status.
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